Oñate's season ends with blowout loss at Alamogordo

ALAMOGORDO - Alamogordo's offense, particularly its rushing game, was running on all cylinders.

The Tigers moved when the ball whenever they wanted to and racked up 439 rushing yards in a 47-14 win over Oñate Friday night at Tiger Stadium.

Alamogordo finished with 493 total yards of offense on the night and both teams finished the season 3-7 overall. The Tigers went 1-3 in District 3-5A to finish in fourth place and the Black Knights 0-4 to finish in last.

Alamogordo junior running back John Matzke had a monster game for the Tigers, rushing for 252 yards on 14 carries and four rushing touchdowns. Matzke already had 111 rushing yards by halftime and had long TD runs of 40, 65 and 91 yards.

Alamogordo led 26-0 at halftime.

Oñate was able to move the ball, finishing with 318 total yards of offense (189 passing, 129 rushing), but their drives would stall, sometimes because of a penalty. Pass coverage from the Alamogordo secondary also gave the Black Knight passing game problems.

Curtis Hynes was 16 for 26 for 189 yards through the air and had a rushing touchdown for Oñate and Mario Pacheco had 69 rushing yards on 18 carries and a touchdown.